Psychologists who carry out subjective research collect insider accounts and symbolic data with the goal of exploring and understanding people’s experiences. The focus on meaning and subjective experience in qualitative research makes it part of the hermeneutic tradition. Discourse analysis is one such example of a qualitative method used in psychology, and involves analysing spoken… View Article

In the novel, In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje anatomizes the relationship between power and language and their effect on oneself establishing a sense of identity. The manipulative language and the complex structure Ondaatje uses explores this idea of power and its inevitable relationship with a sense of identity, which is even further… View Article

The century passing between 1815 and 1915 is essentially the transitional period leading from what we might refer to as a classical era into one of increasing modernity. So would this particularly be the case for the United States, which would enter into its first full century as a fledgling but—in the wake of its… View Article

“People never notice anything. ” (Salinger, 9) The novel «The Catcher in the Rye» has been rejected by magazine “New-Yorker” which earlier had published six stories by J. Salinger including two of the most popular: “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish” – in 1948 and “For Esme – With Love and Squalor”- in 1950. When… View Article

While vigilance and awareness is really the best prevention in combating identity theft, knowing what to do in case you become a victim is important in assuring that you don’t have to pay for bills you didn’t spend or that you get to regain your identity and restore your good name. If a person suspects… View Article

Introduction The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry. 1 The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color, facial features and hair texture), and self-identification. Conceptions of race, as… View Article

Section One: I have always wanted to travel. In fact, if I had unlimited money and a lot free time, the thing I would like to do more than anything is see the world. Not just the tourist spots, but the real world – the places where real people live and work and have lives…. View Article

A competent judge who is committed to justice for all will professionally call for investigations to reveal information which is considered important and a solid base for passing a fair judgment. The investigator should also have earned reputation and trust because any judgment made will be determined by the kind of information he will offer… View Article

Doris Lessing is a British writer who has a background of upbringing in various Afro-Asian countries like Persia and Rhodesia. But she is living in Britain since 1949. She has written extensively about the racial and also has taken into account the feminist themes like male-female relationship and female identity and freedom in contemporary Western… View Article

Public key infrastructure is arrangements used to bind public keys with identities of respective user by means of certificate of authority. There should be unique user identity for each certificate of authority. Establishment of binding is through registration and issuance process which is carried out under human supervision or software at a certificate of authority… View Article

As the title suggests, this essay is going to discuss, to what extent does consumer culture affect contemporary identities. In today’s society consumer culture is everywhere and we would probably not be able to survive without it. It became such an important part of our lives that some people even build their carrier around it…. View Article

In a society which inherently seeks to categorise individuals, it is paramount that each person finds their genuine place in the world. The most powerful influences that impact on an individual’s sense of belonging include identity and heritage. It is a part of humanity which makes us desire to want to belong to a social,… View Article

Chuck Palahniuk once aptly quoted “Nothing of me is original. I am a combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known”, but to what extent is this true? Indeed, an individual’s uniqueness may comprise of the exposure to certain people, and expectations, but how much of this shapes our identity? As human beings, our species is… View Article

The concept of identity within psychology can be traced back to the emergence of the discipline with William James’ publication Principles in Psychology in 1890 (as cited in Phoenix, 2007 p. 45). While various identity theories abound, all approaches are principally concerned with explaining what identity is and how individuals form and use their identities… View Article

There are numerous factors that either make up or restrain the self-identity of a person or an individual. Culture, in addition to family traditions, is one of the factors that affect the self-identity of an individual. When growing up, the environment around affect the personality, values, as well as, beliefs of an individual. The environment… View Article